Earlier this week, the world’s largest lighting producer Philips announced its plan to spin-off its Lumileds LED lighting unit and automotive lighting segment into a separate company by early 2015.

DURHAM, N.C. – Two of the world’s leaders in the growing light emitting diode (LED) lighting market are joining forces in a sense with the stated goal of growing the LED market. And Wall Street likes ...

07 July 2010 Philips (NYSE:PHG, AEX: PHI) and Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) have signed a comprehensive, worldwide patent cross-license agreement designed to further accelerate the growth of the LED ...

Monday morning’s announcement that Phillips is spinning off its LED and automotive lighting businesses into a separate company is triggering speculation about a possible deal with LED rival Cree. Cree ...

Cree, look out. Philips brand is coming to get you. Well, to get the lighting industry, at least. The Dutch consumer-appliance giant announced this week that it has developed an LED light that will be ...

Cree Lighting and Philips Lighting both announced 60W-equivalent LED lamps at less than $15, but the companies took decidedly different design approaches to the SSL retrofits. Cree Lighting has ...

AMSTERDAM, July 7 (Reuters) - Philips Electronics and Cree , leaders in light emitting diode (LED) fixtures, have agreed to cross-license their technologies to help speed up adoption of lower energy ...

Few talked about solid-state lighting -- known as light emitting diodes or LEDs --except as futuristic technology that would probably come of age in 2020 and beyond. Most consumers considered them ...

If you agree with our assertion that smart light switches are a better solution than smart light bulbs, you should give Cree’s new A19 soft-white dimmable LED a long look. Far too many LED bulbs choke ...

LED light bulbs have always been a bit like car repairs: they’re either good quality or affordable, but very rarely both. And it’s all very well and good that these bulbs use a fraction of the ...

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DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), and Philips (NYSE:PHG)(AEX: PHI) have signed a comprehensive, worldwide patent cross-license agreement designed to further accelerate the ...